Rites; water regenerates sacramentally; lifelong fruit
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6.Rites of baptism instituted by God belong to its integrity: washing with water and invocation of the Trinity; accessories include catechizing of adults, naming, and sponsors.
7.Baptismal water regenerates and renews not by its natural power but by supernatural operation and the adjoining word of the holy Trinity (1 Pet. 3:20-21; Eph. 5:26; Tit. 3:5; John 3:5).
8.Baptism's fruit is applied to adults through actual faith, and to infants dying before years of discretion by the Holy Spirit as principal cause of faith.9.Though received only once, baptism serves us through all life for strength of faith, confirmation against temptations, and diligence in God's worship.
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6. Ritus baptismi a Deo instituti ad eius integritatem pertinent: ablutio aqua, invocatio Trinitatis; accessoria sunt catechisatio adultorum, impositio nominis, patrini sive susceptores. 7. Aqua baptismi regenerat & renovat non virtute sua naturali, sed supernaturali operatione & adiuncto verbo sacrosanctae Trinitatis (1 Pet. 3:20-21; Eph. 5:26; Tit. 3:5; John 3:5). 8. Fructus baptismi adultis per fidem actualem, infantibus ante annos discretionis decedentibus a Spiritu S. tanquam fidei causa principe applicatur. 9. Etiamsi baptismus semel tantum suscipiatur, tamen servit nobis per omnem vitam ad fidei robur, confirmationem adversus tentationes, & diligentiam in cultu Dei.